Twitter Tuesday – In Codes
Today’s Twitter Tuesday band is In Codes hailing from Calgary, Alberta. The trio is comprised of Noel Napalm, Casey Adam […]
CoverBack Thursday – “Can’t Stop Thinking About You” by The Arkells (Tobias Jesso Jr)
Today’s CoverBack Thursday is a successful Canadian rock band Arkells covering an emerging Canadian singer-songwriter Tobias Jesso Jr. Today we will […]
The Unravelling – “Revolt”
The Unravelling is for all of you fans out there that love the likes of Tool, Nine Inch Nails and […]
Grounders – “Drawing Space”
Grounders are a Toronto based quartet that are creating an awesome mix of 60s psych which reminds of current rockers Tame Impala […]
Steve Benjamins – “We Used to Live”
Steve Benjamins is making some downtempo indie pop. He is a talented fellow, playing almost all of the instruments on […]
Twitter Tuesday: Afrakite – “Grown Apart”
We don’t know much about Afrakite, except that the one and so far only single posted online is pretty sweet. […]
Yukon Blonde – “Saturday Night”
It never fails that literally the week after the SXSW festival, a new band is discovered and of course they were […]
Plastic Handgun, “Involuntary Memories”
I have been impressed recently by a few solo artists out there creating really new and different sounds. I have […]
Mary Caroline, “Life on Earth”
This year, there will be several new albums coming from Canada’s northern territories. One of them is from Mary Caroline, […]
Discussing “Alternatives” with Royal Canoe
There is an increasing number of musicians and bands who are bucking the trend of being categorized under a single […]
A Quick Conversation with….Maybelleen
I love finding out about great new bands, being able to do a Q&A and reviewing their recently released EP […]
49 Above: Viet Cong, “Viet Cong”
From the first sound of the rhythmic drum beat that eventually cascades into the shimmering sounds of a synth on […]
49 Above: Dan Mangan & Blacksmith, “Club Meds”
Vancouver based singer songwriter Dan Mangan’s music has been evolving sense his debut acoustic based self titled EP and first full-length LP, […]
49 Above: The Fantastic “The New Sun AHHHH Hotel” by Spoon River
There aren’t too many albums that when I first put on and I say, “F#@* yeah!”, but the sophomore album […]
49 Above: Elza, “Glories”
Born in Russia, her talent fostered in Tel Aviv, and now residing in Vancouver, Elza is an emerging singer-songwriter in […]
49 Above: Soft Wounds, “Demo”
Toronto’s Soft Wounds are a young quartet who make shoegaze-y indie music. Similar to Brooklyn’s Crystal Stilts and Porcelain in […]
49 Above: Sarah MacDougall, “I Want to See the Light (Lost From Our Eyes)”
Canadian/Swedish singer-songwriter Sarah MacDougall recently released a stirring, brilliant new track, “I Want to See the Light (Lost from Our […]
49 Above: The Strumbellas, who Play Mavericks on December 12
The award-winning, Toronto indie band, The Strumbellas, are set to play Mavericks on Friday, December 12. I spoke with […]
Yukon Calling: interview with Kate Weekes (audio)
I first met Kate Weekes in mid-October. It was still dark outside as I pulled up to her parents’ house […]
49 Above: Toronto’s Post-Punk Band, Terrorista
On 49 Above, we tried to focus on bands from small cities and towns across Canada, but there are also […]